Characters who have taken up mining will find mostly copper but some tin and silver can sometimes be found as well. A typical run will yield up to six stacks of wool. For tailors, almost every mob in the Deadmines will drop either linen or, the much more valuable, wool cloth. The Deadmines is the perfect place for a tailors, blacksmith, jewelcrafters and enchanters to gain reagents or for the industrious Because of the abundance of loot, bag space is paramount, even with a full five person group. The Deadmines is rich in low level green and blue weapons and armour, as well as different types of reagents for tailoring, mining and enchanting.
The amount of loot that is dropped in the Deadmines is easily the biggest draw to the dungeon.
There are a few rare vanity pets dropped in the Deadmines that players can either learn or sell to make the dungeon a more lucrative adventure.
Despite these drawbacks, completing the Deadmines also completes a Class Dungeon Achievement for Horde characters, and it is a great place to pick up some low level loot, cloth, and ore. So what is in it for Horde players? There are no Horde quests in the Deadmines, and there is a lengthy run through Alliance territory just to reach the instance’s entrance. There is a large list of Alliance quests leading up to the Deadmines. For the Alliance, the Deadmines is the first dungeon instance that a player will have the pleasure of entering.
